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Knowing More Than We Can Tell: People Are Aware Of Their Biased Self-Perceptions, Kathryn Leigh Bollich
Knowing More Than We Can Tell: People Are Aware Of Their Biased Self-Perceptions, Kathryn Leigh Bollich
All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)
There is no question that biases exist in people’s self-perceptions of their personality. However, it is not known whether people are aware of these self-biases. In two studies: N = 130), I examined whether people have insight into their positive and negative self-biases across a range of traits. I predicted that self-biases result from self-deception: i.e., the intentional distortion of more realistic self-views), and as such, people should have some awareness of their self-biases. As predicted, people with positive biases: i.e., self-perceptions that are more positive than a reputation-based criterion measure) described themselves as positively biased, and people with overly …
Individual Differences In Function Learning As They Relate To The Learning Of Conceptual Information, Cynthia Fadler
Individual Differences In Function Learning As They Relate To The Learning Of Conceptual Information, Cynthia Fadler
All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)
Individual differences have not often been considered within the problem-solving or concept-learning literatures despite the indication that some individuals are better able to transfer to novel problems and that manipulations in strategy can effectively increase the ability to transfer: Gick & Holyoak, 1983). Research in the function-learning domain indicates that there may be two qualitatively different types of learners: those who remember distinct example associations: exemplar learners) and others who abstract rules that govern each association: rule learners; DeLosh, Busemeyer, & McDaniel, 1997). Data from two unpublished studies: McDaniel, Cahill, Robbins, & Trumpower, 2012; Fadler, Lee, Scullin, Shelton, & McDaniel, …
The Effects Of Diagrams And Relational Complexity On User Performance In Conditional Probability Problems In A Non-Learning Context, Vincent J. Kellen
The Effects Of Diagrams And Relational Complexity On User Performance In Conditional Probability Problems In A Non-Learning Context, Vincent J. Kellen
College of Computing and Digital Media Dissertations
Many disciplines in everyday life depend on improved performance in conditional probability problems. Most adults struggle with conditional probability problems and several prior studies have shown participant accuracy is less than 50%. This study examined user performance when aided with computer-generated Venn and Euler type diagrams in a non-learning context. Despite the prevalence of research into diagrams and extensive research into conditional probability problem solving, this study is one of the only studies to apply theories of working memory to predict user performance in conditional probability problems with diagrams. Following relational complexity theory, this study manipulated problem complexity in computer …
Personality Assessment In African Elephants (Loxodonta Africana), Kristina Marie Horback
Personality Assessment In African Elephants (Loxodonta Africana), Kristina Marie Horback
Dissertations
The following study assessed personality in twelve African elephants using both observational behavior coding and standardized trait rating methods, thus demonstrating consistent individual differences across time and contexts. During the summer of 2010 and 2011, over 640 hours of behavioral data were collected onsite at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, CA. Four coding-based personality traits were determined after analysis: PLAYFUL, CURIOUS, TOLERANT, and, AGGRESSIVE. This data was then compared to survey ratings completed by the animal keeper staff during both summers. Four rating-based personality traits resulted from this analysis: PLAYFUL, CURIOUS, TIMID, and, AGGRESSIVE. All eight composite …
Physiological Reactions To Uncanny Stimuli: Substantiation Of Self-Assessment And Individual Perception, Tatiana Ballion
Physiological Reactions To Uncanny Stimuli: Substantiation Of Self-Assessment And Individual Perception, Tatiana Ballion
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
There is abundant anecdotal evidence substantiating Mori’s initial observation of the "uncanny valley", a point at which human response to non-human entities drops sharply with respect to comfort (Mori, 1970), and the construct itself has a long-standing history in both Robotics and Psychology. Currently, many fields such as design, training, entertainment, and education make use of heuristic approaches to accommodate the anticipated needs of the user/consumer/audience in certain important aspects. This is due to the lack of empirical substantiation or, in some cases, the impossibility of rigorous quantification; one such area is with respect to the user’s experience of uncanniness, …
Enhancing Training Outcomes In The Context Of E-Learning: The Impact Of Objective Learner Control, Training Content Complexity, Cognitive Load, Learning Goal Orientation, And Metacognitive Strategies, Benjamin P. Granger
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Learner-controlled e-learning has become a preferred medium for the delivery of organizational training. While e-learning offers organizations and trainees many advantages, it also comes with several potential disadvantages. The aim of this study was to explore the relative efficacy of learner- and program-controlled e-learning for content that differs in its complexity. This study also explored cognitive load as a differential mediator of the interaction between learner control and training content complexity for predicting cognitive and behavioral learning outcomes. Finally, learning goal orientation was explored as a motivational individual difference that helps learners cope with complex, learner-controlled e-learning environments. Results suggest …
Clinicians: Enabled By Empathy?, Jessica Ogle
Clinicians: Enabled By Empathy?, Jessica Ogle
University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016
When training clinically competent doctors, most medical schools focus upon components of the interpersonal process between doctor and patient, such as empathy in the doctor-patient relationship. Although empathy is generally seen as a desirable attribute for medical professionals, it has usually been assessed through self report measures, which fail to capture the expression of empathy in the context of the clinical setting. This thesis sought to examine the relationship between clinician clinical competence and empathy in medical care. The participant sample was drawn from training doctors (medical students) due to the potential to influence this group at an early stage …